Parks and gardens of Sydney
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Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park). The metropolitan area contains several national parks, including the Royal National Park, the second oldest national park in the world (after Yellowstone National Park), which occupies an area of 132 square kilometres (51 sq mi; 13,200 ha; 33,000 acres). Completing Sydney's wide array of green spaces, the leader is the Royal Botanic Garden, with its large amount of green spaces, lush plants and colourful flowers.
Although Sydney developed organically after the arrival of the First Fleet, the city parks and open spaces were a part of early town planning to provide relief from the bustle and monotony of the city streets. Hyde Park is the oldest park in the city.
Largest parks in Sydney metropolitan area
Largest parks in the City of Sydney area
History
The next major open space in Sydney was the Botanical Garden (now Royal Botanic Gardens), which were established in 1816.
Early activists demanding more public parks were the Parks Preservation Society, which was founded in 1914.
The Parks and Playgrounds Movement of New South Wales was established in Sydney in the early 1930s.
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